HR 662 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2015

Introduced Feb 2, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Bill Posey R-FL

Latest action · Feb 6, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedFeb 2, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2015

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt traditional large and premium cigars from regulation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and from user fees assessed on tobacco products by the FDA.

Cosponsors 169

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 2, 2015 to Nov 14, 2016; 34 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger	Original	Feb 2, 2015
D-FL	Alan Grayson	Original	Feb 2, 2015
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-MD	Andy Harris	Original	Feb 2, 2015
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-NY	Chris Collins	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-FL	David W. Jolly	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-CA	Duncan Hunter	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-CA	Edward R. Royce	Original	Feb 2, 2015
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-KY	Harold Rogers	Original	Feb 2, 2015
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Feb 2, 2015
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-KS	Kevin Yoder	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-PA	Mike Kelly	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-KS	Mike Pompeo	Original	Feb 2, 2015
D-FL	Patrick Murphy	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam	Original	Feb 2, 2015
D-PA	Robert A. Brady	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-PA	Tim Murphy	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-OK	Tom Cole	Original	Feb 2, 2015
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-FL	Vern Buchanan	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-NC	Virginia Foxx	Original	Feb 2, 2015
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	Feb 2, 2015
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Feb 4, 2015
R-CA	Jeff Denham		Feb 5, 2015
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Feb 10, 2015
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Feb 10, 2015
R-NC	George Holding		Feb 10, 2015
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Feb 10, 2015
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Feb 10, 2015
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Feb 10, 2015
R-FL	Carlos Curbelo		Feb 13, 2015
R-MI	Dan Benishek		Feb 13, 2015
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Feb 13, 2015
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Feb 24, 2015
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Feb 24, 2015
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Feb 24, 2015
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		Feb 24, 2015
R-TX	Roger Williams		Feb 24, 2015
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Feb 24, 2015
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Feb 26, 2015
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Feb 26, 2015
R-TX	John R. Carter		Feb 26, 2015
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus		Feb 26, 2015
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Feb 26, 2015
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		Feb 27, 2015
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Feb 27, 2015
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Feb 27, 2015
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		Feb 27, 2015
R-KY	Andy Barr		Mar 3, 2015
R-IA	Rod Blum		Mar 3, 2015
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Mar 3, 2015
R-NC	David Rouzer		Mar 4, 2015
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Mar 4, 2015
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Mar 4, 2015
R-NC	Mark Meadows		Mar 4, 2015
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney		Mar 4, 2015
R-GA	Tom Graves		Mar 4, 2015
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Mar 16, 2015
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Mar 16, 2015
R-NY	John Katko		Mar 16, 2015
R-PA	Lou Barletta		Mar 16, 2015
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent		Mar 16, 2015
R-NC	Robert Pittenger		Mar 16, 2015
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Mar 16, 2015
R-KY	Thomas Massie		Mar 16, 2015
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Mar 16, 2015
R-TX	Bill Flores		Mar 17, 2015
R-GA	Doug Collins		Mar 17, 2015
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Mar 17, 2015
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Mar 17, 2015
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Mar 23, 2015
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Mar 23, 2015
R-GA	Rob Woodall		Mar 25, 2015
R-GA	Austin Scott		Apr 13, 2015
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Apr 13, 2015
R-AK	Don Young		Apr 13, 2015
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Apr 13, 2015
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Apr 13, 2015
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Apr 13, 2015
R-OH	Jim Jordan		Apr 14, 2015
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Apr 15, 2015
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Apr 21, 2015
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Apr 21, 2015
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Apr 22, 2015
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Apr 23, 2015
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Apr 27, 2015
R-NY	Peter T. King		Apr 27, 2015
R-TX	Will Hurd		Apr 28, 2015
R-FL	John L. Mica		May 12, 2015
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		May 14, 2015
R-OR	Greg Walden		May 14, 2015
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		May 14, 2015
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		May 18, 2015
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		May 18, 2015
R-IL	Robert J. Dold		May 20, 2015
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		May 21, 2015
R-MN	Tom Emmer		May 21, 2015
R-MT	Ryan K. Zinke		May 29, 2015
R-TN	Stephen Lee Fincher		Jun 1, 2015
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Jun 2, 2015
R-CA	Stephen Knight		Jun 2, 2015
D-NV	Dina Titus		Jun 3, 2015
R-NH	Frank C. Guinta		Jun 3, 2015
R-TN	David P. Roe		Jun 9, 2015
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Jun 11, 2015
D-CO	Jared Polis		Jun 11, 2015
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Jun 16, 2015
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Jun 17, 2015
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk		Jun 17, 2015
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho		Jun 17, 2015
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Jun 23, 2015
R-CA	Paul Cook		Jun 25, 2015
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Jun 25, 2015
D-HI	Mark Takai		Jul 7, 2015
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		Jul 9, 2015
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Jul 13, 2015
R-IL	John Shimkus		Jul 21, 2015
R-VA	Dave Brat		Jul 29, 2015
R-NY	Tom Reed		Jul 29, 2015
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Sep 8, 2015
R-NC	Mark Walker		Sep 9, 2015
R-MI	Mike Bishop		Sep 11, 2015
R-TN	Diane Black		Sep 18, 2015
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Sep 18, 2015
R-AR	Steve Womack		Sep 29, 2015
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Sep 30, 2015
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Sep 30, 2015
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Oct 6, 2015
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Oct 20, 2015
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis		Oct 20, 2015
R-SC	Tom Rice		Oct 20, 2015
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Oct 22, 2015
R-CO	Ken Buck		Oct 26, 2015
R-PA	Scott Perry		Oct 26, 2015
R-MO	Jason Smith		Nov 5, 2015
R-NY	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.		Nov 16, 2015
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Nov 16, 2015
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Dec 9, 2015
R-IL	Mike Bost		Dec 17, 2015
R-TX	Ted Poe		Dec 17, 2015
R-IL	Darin LaHood		Feb 3, 2016
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		Feb 3, 2016
R-IN	Luke Messer		Feb 9, 2016
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Feb 10, 2016
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Feb 10, 2016
R-PA	Tom Marino		Feb 24, 2016
R-VA	E. Scott Rigell		Feb 29, 2016
R-GA	Rick W. Allen		Feb 29, 2016
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Mar 3, 2016
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Apr 12, 2016
R-MS	Trent Kelly		May 13, 2016
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		May 26, 2016
R-TX	Brian Babin		Jun 7, 2016
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Sep 8, 2016
R-NV	Cresent Hardy		Sep 27, 2016
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Sep 27, 2016
R-SC	Mark Sanford		Nov 14, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Feb 2, 2015
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Feb 6, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 6, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 2, 2015Introduced in House
Feb 2, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 17, February 2, 2015, page H704.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 441	Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2015	Identical bill	Feb 10, 2015
HR 564	Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2017	Reintroduced Bill	Jan 13, 2017

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the Food and Drug Administration's jurisdiction over certain tobacco products, and to protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing and distribution of traditional and premium cigars.
Short Titles as Introduced: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2015

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 2, 2015Introduced in House

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